Grab the last letter you received from your sponsored child and share the closing sentence with us.

We liked the question so we asked our Twitter followers and Facebook friends to participate. Here’s a sample of what they shared.‎

“I pray that we may live with God up to the end and may God protect us.”

“I say goodbye with many hugs — so long.”

“Please pray that my father will stop drinking liquor.”

“I want to tell you that I already can pray. I keep you in my heart with so much love.”

“Thank you very much for your sponsorship. Do you have happiness? Wish you have happiness.”

“When I grow up I want to be a doctor so I can help all of the kids because I really like the things that the doctor from the center does for us. Goodbye with love and affection.”

“Does the earthquake always happen to your country? Me, I do not know if it will happen, only God knows. Keep on helping me pray for the two months of vacation that I will have. I will pray for you. I love you.”

“With the $25 I bought cookies, candles, milk and Kellog’s, thank you for everything with love.”

‎”Do you have a swimming pool in your house?”

‎”I hope to read you soon. For the time, I kiss you. See you soon.”

‎”One day we will never separate and we will be in our homes, in the place God prepared for us.”

Since correspondence monitors write for 3 of my children I’m only sharing the letters that were written by my 2 children who write their own letters.
My oldest child, age 14, wrote, ” Dear Sponsor Kenneth….., please pray for me and my family! Hugs from……”
My 9 year old child wrote, “Please send more pictures.” In the same letter he stated that he misses me and hopes that someday we could meet again.
Sorry, but I have to include this from my youngest child who is 7. The correspondence monitor stated that after my youngest received a birthday card and stickers from me, he was very happy and he opened with a beautiful smile. I wish I had been in Brazil to see his smile.

Liline, 12, Haiti: My dear, I love you so much, may God hide you under his wings and lead you through green pastures, lots of love and prayers. -

Alok, 7, East India: Dear sponsor, Alok has been praying for you every day, please do pray for alok and his studies, and also his family, thank you with love.

Abigail, 8, Ghana(It’s a form letter, so…there’s not much of a closing to it): Abigail is praying for you church choir so that they can sing well at church. She wants you to pray for her sunday school teacher and the sunday school children.

I am anxious to see you again, because every day my love towards you grows stronger and I do not have the words to describe my deep gratitude for the help offered to me.
Juan David – LDP Student, Dominican Republic

Aw, I bet your experience in meeting your sponsored child was one like no other. I have sponsored one of my children for 3 years so far and it is a dream of mine to get over there and see her. May God bless you and your sponsored children.

“My father is a preacher. He has no time. The ministry occupies his entire time.”

Earlier in the letter, he said this: “Did the earth quake in your area? The tremor struck our area. Nothing wrong happened to us. God atones for our life. We aren’t better than those who died in Port-au-Prince. It’s God’s plan for our life. When the tremor struck, I had three brothers in Port-au-Prince. God watched over them. My school isn’t doing well cause of the earthquake…”

I’d be curious to know what other statements are coming out of the letters from Haiti now.

my Rwandan daughter is sixteen and in the last year of primary school. I assume she started school late.
She wrote:
I concludeby wishing you God’s peace and blessings, I request you to often pray for me to obtain good marks because last term I got 44.4%.

I was pleased that she told me that she was not doing well so that I can pray.
I am praying on how to answering with encouragement to continue also that I will still love her even if she doesn’t do well.

From my 14 year old sweetie: My mother is telling me at night to always include you in my prayers. I always do it because you are so much kind to me and my family. I will never forget you. My mother and father are so much blessed because we can never have any comfortable place in our house if not for you.

“I send you a kiss and a hug because I love you, I ask you to pray for my family and I continue being well; we almost start the school vacations and I’m doing well, the project taught me that I’m useful in the hands of God.”
-Daniel,10, Colombia

Here is what my beloved Daniel from Ethiopia wrote in his last letter: Dear Christine Graham, How are you? I’m very fine. Because of your help I’m taking hairdressing training. I also get what I want. Thank you very much for all your support. I love you very much. God bless you abundantly. I’m very happy for your and your family photo. You look very beautiful. I’ve been given clothes, shoes, money for school fee and for transportation. Thank you for all these. I learn the word of God. It is about respecting parents. It is wonderful and life changing. On July 14, 2010, I celebrate my birthday. I thank you and your family for all you’ve done. God bless you! God bless your family! Please pray
that my 18th birthday will be wonderful, that I finish my education,
that I learn to respect and obey my parents. I will also pray for you. – Daniel, age 18, Ethiopia

Thank you for your love, and she is keeping all your letters with love. (Beatriz, Brazil, with help of monitor)

He says he would love to meet you and he wants to thank you for your life and for you have chosen him as your sponsored child and he thanks you for the gift and he asks Jesus Christ to bless you. (Davi, Brazil, with help of monitor)

We say good bye and may God bless you. (Blanca, Bolivia, with help of sister)

To: Kim Edge
I read your comment and I did say a prayer for your beloved
daughter Chucha in Ethiopia that God will give her strength
and grant her the wisdom to successfully pass her National
Examination with flying colors. Have faith. With God all things
are possible!

From our Sponsor Child Josue, age 10, from Honduras: “Thank you very much for sending me that gifts and thinking always on me. May God bless you more every day and grant your wishes. I send you many kisses and hugs.”

From Jean Wendy (Haiti): “I love you very much”
From Nikita (E. Indonesia): “I always remember and pray for you and your family”
From Kiriza (Uganda): “May God bless you so much”
From Hermon – who is leaving the program, as he just finished college (Indonesia): “Lord Jesus bless you”

Please, I want you to pray for my life so I will do very well in this New Year in my studies. I say bye with a lot of love. I am always praying for you. (There was also a great colored drawing of a giraffe. I am an artist and we often include drawings in our correspondence.)

My 14 year old daughter from Rwanda: she writes, as she often does “I wish to see you face to face.” Sadly, I doubt we will ever get the chance in this life – but I look forward to meeting her face to face some day, just the same. She finishes with “Pray for me together with others so that we can grow into responsible people. At our place, we are plaughing (I think maybe plowing?) what are you doing? Dedication Psalm 23:1. May you continue having peace and blessings. Your Child. “

“I really thank you for the Christmas gift, I bought a mattress and baking flour.” It really reminds me to appreciate the things I have when my sponsor child and his family are so appreciative for the simplest of things.

Hi Elaine-
I was wondering if you know what Compassion centers you will be visiting? I have been trying to find anyone who might be going on the BF tour and had not found anyone until I was looking through this old blog. My Timothee is in Burkina Faso!!

This is my first letter from my sponsored child in Ethiopia, written for her by someone at the school: “My beloved sponsor, where are you living?” she asked, and She asked you to pray for her so that she will not get sick. There is also a colored drawing of an Ibex.

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Gregg

Sep 29, 2010

at 12:49 pm

I say goodbye with much affection and a strong hug. May God bless you.

This is written for him by someone at his center, since he is not old enough to write yet:
“…Lester wishes you success and many blessings from God, and hopes to meet you some day. Lester says goodbye with many hugs of love.”
He doesn’t know I’m going to meet him in December!

Tatiana thanks you for remembering her and for making her feel well. Tatiana says that she and her grandmother are praying for you so that you may have everything you need at home. She asks of your prayers for her studies. With much love she says good bye.

My 12-year old from Bangladesh said “My parents are send their greetings to you. Please pray for us so that we can stay well and I can study well. I also pray for you so that may God bless you all. With love, Bonna.”

“Thank you for all the letters you have sent. He gets excited to see the pictures. He loves them and keeps them with his things. He doesn’t like that anybody takes them” written by Adrian’s mom from Ecuador
“Please pray that I have a long life to watch my grandchild grow up” Written by Grandmother of Lisbeth from Ecuador

Eugene, you will want to call (800-336-7676) or e-mail (ciinfo@us.ci.org) us regarding this matter. One of our agents will be happy to find out if your child is OK and try to figure out why the child is not writing to you.

My 10 year old Sarah from Indonesia recently wrote: “I would like to write and tell you so many things but it would take too much time. Good-bye.” It made me laugh, particularly as she the only one of my kids that I’ve actually met and this is so Sarah

Saray (age 6, so written by her tutor) thanks you for the love that you give her day after day. Saray and her mother thank God for bringing you to her life and they want God to bless you richly. Saray thanks you for your letter.